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Human trafficking is a highly lucrative activity where criminals exploit people and inflict misery. A response to human trafficking needs to be unequivocal, determined and collaborative. Pope Francis and Cardinal Vincent Nichols are giving leadership on a global and national level.

Human trafficking now ranks as the second most profitable worldwide criminal enterprise after the illegal arms trade. This article gives the current situation with facts and statistics to show the scale of the problem.

The Bakhita Initiative embodies the union of the Roman Catholic Church in its local, national and universal dimensions in communion with Pope Francis and expresses the Church’s commitment to support those who have experienced human trafficking. There are four main elements to the initiative.

The Bakhita Initiative will be overseen by the Bakhita Foundation, which will co-ordinate all the work of the Initiative. The key stakeholders of the Bakhita Foundation are the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Caritas Westminster, and the Metropolitan Police.

The Institute will focus on prevention, through the delivery of an awareness raising campaign and a customised training programme that will be rolled out at parish and community levels for those at the forefront of combating this trade.